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... given point in my life I forgot , literally , all the books I had ever written ; but , if nowadays I re - read one of them , though I possess next to none and have re - read few , nearly all the phrases come back startlingly to my ...
... given point in my life I forgot , literally , all the books I had ever written ; but , if nowadays I re - read one of them , though I possess next to none and have re - read few , nearly all the phrases come back startlingly to my ...
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... given scene I could at least , at the end of the reading , say with perfect sincerity : " Wonderful ! How you do things ! " before beginning on : " But don't you perhaps think . · " " And I really do not believe that either my ...
... given scene I could at least , at the end of the reading , say with perfect sincerity : " Wonderful ! How you do things ! " before beginning on : " But don't you perhaps think . · " " And I really do not believe that either my ...
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... given to me before the end of April . I am a spirit . I have ended my relations with the world . I have balanced all my books , my will is made . Only I have nothing to leave— save to you , to whom I leave all that is now mine in the ...
... given to me before the end of April . I am a spirit . I have ended my relations with the world . I have balanced all my books , my will is made . Only I have nothing to leave— save to you , to whom I leave all that is now mine in the ...
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... given , but which has in the course of ages invented for itself all the virtues and all the crimes . And being of this world and of my time I have set myself to deal ingen- iously with my suffering and my love . Now everything is over ...
... given , but which has in the course of ages invented for itself all the virtues and all the crimes . And being of this world and of my time I have set myself to deal ingen- iously with my suffering and my love . Now everything is over ...
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... trusts me inspires me with a sardonic dislike , I felt myself saying to this poor little thing that faced me : " Why : I have wronged you ! " And I regretted it . She , you see , has after all given some- 26 The Nature of a Crime.
... trusts me inspires me with a sardonic dislike , I felt myself saying to this poor little thing that faced me : " Why : I have wronged you ! " And I regretted it . She , you see , has after all given some- 26 The Nature of a Crime.
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Page viii - THE MIRROR OF THE SEA THE SECRET AGENT A SET OF SIX UNDER WESTERN EYES A PERSONAL RECORD...
Page 104 - Ramon s great spectacles, the piercing eyes in the mahogany face, while the tap, tap, tap of a cane on the flags went on behind the inner door; the click of the latch; the stream of light. The door, petulantly thrust inwards, struck against some barrels. I remember the rattling of the bolts on that door, and the tall figure that appeared there, snuff-box in hand. In that land of white clothes that precise, ancient, Castilian in black was something to remember.
Page 101 - I suppose our recollections agree. Mine, in their simplest form, are: First Part, yours; Second Part, mainly yours, with a little by me on points of seamanship and suchlike small matters; Third Part, about 60% mine with important touches by you; Fourth Part, mine, with here and there an important sentence by you; Fifth Part practically all yours, including the famous sentence at which we both exclaimed: 'This is Genius...
Page 101 - Conrad's recollections — except for the generosity of his two 'importants' — tally well enough with those of the writer if conception alone is concerned. When it comes however to the writing the truth is that Parts One, Two, Three and Five are a singular mosaic of passages written alternately by one or other of the collaborators.
Page 105 - ... ruffles. The other hand paused in the act of conveying a pinch of snuff to the nostrils of the hooked nose that had, on the skin stretched tight over the bridge, the polish of old ivory; the elbow pressing the black cocked hat against the side; the legs, one bent, the other bowing a little back — this was the attitude of Seraphina's father. Having imperiously thrust the door of the inner room open, he remained immovable, with no intention of entering, and called in a harsh, aged voice: "Senor...
Page 104 - What are these days to me? But that far-off day of my romance when from between the blue and white bales in Don Ramon's darkened store room, at Kingston, I saw the door open before the figure of an old man with the tired, long, white face, that day I am not likely to forget. I remember the chilly smell of the typical West Indian store, the indescribable smell of damp gloom, of locos, of pimento, of olive oil, of new sugar, of...